Haitians in Dominican Republic face racism, discrimination
Many Haitians migrate to the Dominican Republic for employment and are subsequently subjected to discrimination. Up to one million people of Haitian origin currently live in the Dominican Republic,...
View ArticleKosovo refugees left lives behind at the border
Martin Savidge with the CNN Kosovo team, along with their translator, Gulka. Photo: Martin Savidge About 10,000 people died in the 1998-99 Kosovo war between Serbs and ethnic Albanians in pursuit of...
View ArticleTune in: Online radio show on Uighur unrest in China
As ethnic clashes between the Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese turn deadly, Worldfocus.org’s weekly radio show explores the recent riots involving China’s Uighur minority. The show also looks at Uighur...
View ArticleNaxalite rebellion menaces the heart of India
Anasuya Ray is a researcher for an NGO based in Pune, India. She writes about her recent fieldwork in India’s tribal belt, where grinding poverty and malnutrition are driving villagers to support the...
View ArticleWhat is statelessness?
This summer, Worldfocus.org’s multimedia project “Stateless to Statehood” explores the relationships between individuals and the states they live in. The project weaves in experiences among...
View ArticleBurmese refugees rounded up and sold in Malaysia
In Malaysia, some immigration officials have been accused of involvement in selling refugees from Myanmar, also known as Burma, to gangs in Thailand. The attorney general’s office in Malaysia says 10...
View ArticleTibetan refugees seek livelihoods in Ladakh, India
Luv Puri is a journalist who has reported on Tibetan issues, the Jammu and Kashmir conflict, and Indian foreign policy for The Hindu newspaper. A vibrant and enterprising community of Tibetans lives in...
View ArticleStateless for my first ten years
A Palestinian refugee stands with his belongings in Rafah Camp. Photo: Flickr user Rafahkid Ahmed Moor was born and raised in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Recently laid off from a finance job in...
View ArticleA pilot, two presidents and Kurdish claims in Iraq
Jehangir “Jay” Irani served as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force for 10 years, flying missions throughout Iraq and Afghanistan. He is currently pursuing a career in journalism. He recalls the flight when...
View ArticleEthnic Nubians live on the margins in Kenya
About 100,000 Nubians live in Kenya. Brought by British colonialists to the area as soldiers from different parts of Sudan, the Nubian community in Kenya now has a shared ethnic identity. While the...
View ArticleTurkishness is not always delightful
Amid reports that Turkey may soon unveil reforms intended to quell tensions with the country’s Kurdish minority, Turkey is moving ahead with its bid for European Union membership. Conflict in Turkey’s...
View ArticleWarming Greenland moves towards independence
Greenlanders at a political rally in Copenhagen. Photo: Ben Piven Multimedia reporter Ben Piven traveled to Denmark in 2005, where he photographed Greenlanders in the capital. That year, when...
View ArticleGreenland’s people take pride in traditional language
Language has become a symbol of independence in Greenland. In recent months, Greenland has taken steps towards self-rule. The changes follow a referendum last November, in which 75 percent of the...
View ArticleQ&A: The challenges of entering and exiting Gaza
Nizar al-Wazir came to the United States on a Fulbright grant from Gaza in 2007. He currently works in Washington D.C. at Chemonics, a development consulting firm. He joined Worldfocus to discuss the...
View ArticleQ&A: A Kuwaiti Bidoon suffers from statelessness
A mostly Bidoon slum outside Kuwait City. Bidoon literally means “without” in Arabic and refers to a group of Bedouin, formerly nomadic Arabs, who are perceived as socially and culturally inferior to...
View ArticleMapping out refugees and asylum seekers worldwide
In our show tonight, we take a look at Indonesia, where hundreds of Sri Lankan asylum seekers who fled the violence back home are now threatening to blow themselves up. We also explore how police have...
View ArticleOver 12 million people worldwide have no citizenship
Around the world, an estimated 12 million individuals lack nationality or citizenship in any nation. This means they have no legal right to a passport, employment, or housing. These men, women and...
View ArticleSomali pirates: Behind the news
Somali Pirates Connie Kargbo is an associate producer at Worldfocus and a native of Sierra Leone. She writes here of the story behind Somali piracy. There is news today that Somali pirates have...
View ArticleWorldfocus Radio: Jerusalem United or Divided?
In one of the world’s most contentious cities, there are two conflicting claims to sovereignty over holy places and residential neighborhoods. East and West Jerusalem are divided along ethnic and...
View ArticleSomali journalist on culture of violence and crippled press
Mustafa Haji Abdinur, an AFP journalist and the founder of Radio Simba in Somalia, sits down with Martin Savidge to discuss the culture of violence in daily Somali life and the war against the...
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